Particle effects

Every type of the script type table: the particle systems SpawnParticle makes, and the object behaviours, lights and glass that share the table (Particles).

What is complete

All 270 types are listed. The sprite is traced for 58 of them.

270 entries. Data: research/references/particles.yaml.

glass

1 entries.

Name	Index
glass_script	61

particle system

183 entries.

Name	Image	Index	Sheet	Rect	Size (px)	Spawns	Script calls	Scripts	What
blo_splat		0	part_page1	5	32, 32
blood_drop		1	part_page1	52	16, 16
blood_mist		2
blood_splat_ground		3
blood_splatter		4
blood_spray		5	part_page1	52	16, 16
bloosh		6	part_page1	46	40, 40
coplights_glow		7	lighting	2	120, 120
coplights_lens_flare		8	lighting	2	120, 120
fir		59
fir_group		60				fir
glasstest		62
hud_radar_dot		65	part_page0	69	10, 10
hud_text_widget		66
hud_widget		67
hud_widget_angled		68
miniglass		70
molotov_smoke		71
paint_splat		75
part_blood_spray		76
part_coke_machine		77
part_copcar_lights		78	lighting	2	120, 120
part_explosion		79	part_page1	6	64, 64		4	level93_chapter6.lua
part_explosion_screen_shake		80					2	level93_chapter6.lua
part_fear		81					71	level115.lua, level31.lua, level61.lua, level63_orphans.lua, level81.lua, level93_chapter6.lua
part_fire		82	part_fire	0	40, 40		7	level93_chapter6.lua
part_fire_large		83	part_fire	0	40, 40		2	level34.lua
part_fire_large_ns		84	part_fire	0	40, 40		2	level52_chapter1.lua
part_fire_light_large		85					1	level93_chapter6.lua
part_fire_light_medium		86					7	level52_chapter1.lua, level93_chapter6.lua
part_fire_ns		87	part_fire	0	40, 40		2	level52_chapter1.lua
part_fire_plume		88	39640d4c	0	10, 30		1	level80.lua
part_fire_tiki		89	part_fire	0	40, 40
part_firebarrel		90	part_fire	0	40, 40
part_firebarrel_ns		91	part_fire	0	40, 40
part_firetruck_lights		92	lighting	2	120, 120		1	level52.lua
part_fog		93
part_garbage_flies		94
part_garbage_flies_ns		95
part_gasmeter		96
part_generator_sparks		97
part_ghost_light		98
part_gun_flash		99	lighting	2	120, 120	sub_shack_puff
part_large_ac		100
part_large_ac_two		101
part_lava_light		102
part_level2_subway		103					1	level2.lua
part_light_bugs		104
part_motorbike_gang		105
part_multi_strobe		106					3	level11.lua, level110.lua
part_narrowflame		107	5e5e43c6	0	40, 40		56	level52_chapter1.lua, level93_chapter6.lua
part_ominous_smoke		108					36	level51.lua, level52_chapter1.lua, level61.lua, level61_huns.lua, level64.lua, level81.lua
part_open_air_vent		109
part_orange_neon		110
part_pelham_subway		111
part_pink_neon		112
part_plaster_drop		113					4	level5.lua
part_plaster_drop_ns		114					2	level81_chatterbox.lua, level93_chapter6.lua
part_raindrops		115				sub_ripple, sub_splash
part_ridecart_sound		116
part_rotate_vent		117
part_s_fire		118	part_fire	0	40, 40
part_s_shack_dust_puff		119				sub_shack_puff
part_s_subway_sparks		120	part_page1	54	32, 32				Sprite to recheck: the traced rectangle 54 shows a grey box, not this effect
part_small_ac		121
part_small_light		122					6	level14.lua, level81.lua
part_smaller_light		123
part_spray_tag		124					230	level107.lua, level11.lua, level122.lua, level14.lua, level2.lua, level20.lua
part_squareflame_lrg		125	5e5e43c6	0	40, 40		54	level93_chapter6.lua
part_squareflame_med		126	5e5e43c6	0	40, 40		27	level52_chapter1.lua, level93_chapter6.lua
part_squareflame_sml		127	5e5e43c6	0	40, 40		1	level52_chapter1.lua
part_steam		128					18	level11.lua, level110.lua, level52.lua, level87.lua
part_steam_huge		129					1	level52.lua
part_steam_large		130					17	level52.lua
part_strobe		131					8	level11.lua, level110.lua, level81.lua
part_strobe_red		132					2	level93.lua
part_subway_light		133
part_torch_flame		134	part_fire	0	40, 40		3	level86_chapter2_reg.lua
part_torch_flame_ns		135	part_fire	0	40, 40
part_truck_sound		136					1	level51.lua
part_truck_humans		137					1	level51.lua
part_train_sound		138					16	level115.lua, level14.lua, level2.lua, level31.lua, level5.lua, level55_subway.lua
part_train_splat		139	part_page1	6	64, 64
part_trans_five		140
part_trans_four		141
part_trans_one		142
part_trans_three		143
part_trans_two		144
part_tv		145	part_tv	0	30, 30
part_tv_light		146
part_urine_spray		147
part_urine_stain2		148	part_page1	6	64, 64
part_water		149
pee_pee		150
pee_tracer		151
power_mist		153
puk_splat		156
rubble		158				sub_shack_puff
spark		161	part_page1	41	30, 30
spawn_delayed		163
spray_mist		164
sub_anim_notes		167				glasstest, sub_wood_splinter
sub_anim_spark		168	part_page1	50	16, 16
sub_barlamp_glow		169	lighting	3	120, 120
sub_blight_glow		171	lighting	3	120, 120
sub_blo		172
sub_blood_effect		173
sub_blood_gout		174	part_page1	2	32, 32
sub_blood_gush		175
sub_blood_spray		176	part_page1	6	64, 64
sub_burn		177
sub_car_damage		178				sub_shack_puff
sub_car_rubble		179	part_page1	24	32, 32
sub_car_spark_emitter		180
sub_car_sparks		181	part_page1	45	16, 3
sub_car_steam		182
sub_car_steam_emitter		183
sub_coloured_glass		184
sub_coloured_shards		185
sub_debris		186
sub_detergent		187				sub_debris, sub_paint_splat, sub_shack_puff
sub_dus		188				sub_shack_puff
sub_embers		189	part_page1	20	64, 64
sub_explode		190	part_page1	17	64, 64
sub_explosion_embers		191
sub_explosion_group		193
sub_fade_flame		194	part_fire	0	40, 40
sub_fire		195
sub_fire_smoke		197	part_page1	42	64, 64
sub_fire2		198
sub_fire2_smoke		200
sub_fireball		201
sub_fireball_emitter		202					1	level93_chapter6.lua
sub_flame_reflect		204	part_fire	0	40, 40
sub_flames		205
sub_flaming_debris		206	part_fire	0	40, 40
sub_flashing_light		207
sub_fog		208
sub_glass		210
sub_glint		211	part_page1	41	30, 30
sub_glt		212
sub_gun		213
sub_hood_smoke		214
sub_molotv_flame		216
sub_muzzle_flash		219	part_page1	35	16, 8
sub_objective_glow		223	lighting	3	120, 120
sub_paint_splat		225
sub_pch		226
sub_pee		227
sub_pla		228
sub_plaster_drop		229
sub_polar_bugs		230	part_page1	19	16, 16
sub_powerup_glow		232	part_page1	29	64, 64
sub_puk		233
sub_punch_flash		234
sub_ripple		235
sub_rubble		236				rubble
sub_shack_puff		237	part_page1	42	64, 64
sub_shack_puff_aligned		238	part_page1	42	64, 64
sub_shk		239
sub_smk		241
sub_smoke		242
sub_spark_effect		243
sub_spk		244
sub_splash		245	part_page1	51	16, 8
sub_spr		246
sub_stained_glass		247
sub_sweat_effect		248
sub_thrown_dust_puff		251	part_page1	42	64, 64
sub_train_splat		252	part_page1	2	32, 32
sub_train_splat_mist		253	part_page1	6	64, 64
sub_triglint		254
sub_water		256
sub_wood_splinter		257				wood_splinter_bit
subway_lensflare		258	cf4c87d3	0	102, 50
subway_loop		260
subway_spark		261	part_page1	54	32, 32				Sprite to recheck: the traced rectangle 54 shows a grey box, not this effect
sweat_drop		263
sweat_mist		264
sweat_spray		265
urine_spray		267	part_page1	54	32, 32				Sprite to recheck: the traced rectangle 54 shows a grey box, not this effect
Wind_Manager		268
wood_splinter_bit		269

object behaviour

64 entries.

Name	Index	Spawns
dyn_animwave	9
dyn_bar_lamp	10
dyn_blaster	11	sub_debris, sub_rubble, sub_shack_puff, sub_spark_effect, sub_wood_splinter
dyn_blocker	12
dyn_breakable_light	13	sub_rubble, sub_shack_puff, sub_spark_effect
dyn_cashreg	14
dyn_cashreg_b	15
dyn_cbradio	16	sub_rubble, sub_shack_puff, sub_spark_effect
dyn_chand	17
dyn_chicken	18	sub_debris, sub_wood_splinter
dyn_colasign	19
dyn_ctrl_box	20	sub_rubble, sub_shack_puff, sub_spark_effect
dyn_disco_a	21
dyn_disco_b	22
dyn_door_bar_bani	23	sub_shack_puff, sub_wood_splinter
dyn_door_barricade	24
dyn_door_bnstr	25	sub_shack_puff, sub_wood_splinter
dyn_door_chain_s	26
dyn_door_fence	27	sub_shack_puff, sub_wood_splinter
dyn_door_fence_o	28	sub_shack_puff, sub_wood_splinter
dyn_door_parapet	29	sub_shack_puff, sub_wood_splinter
dyn_door_sliding	30
dyn_scaffold	31
dyn_door_swinging	32	sub_glass, sub_shack_puff, sub_wood_splinter
dyn_exploding_car	33
dyn_fluor_swing	34
dyn_icon	35
dyn_lizzies	36	sub_shack_puff, sub_wood_splinter
dyn_lock_a	37
dyn_manqheadred	38
dyn_masks	39	sub_detergent, sub_rubble, sub_shack_puff, sub_wood_splinter
dyn_molotv	40
dyn_motelneon	41
dyn_neon_broken	42
dyn_neon_onesided	43
dyn_o_shore	44
dyn_objective	45
dyn_on_off	46
dyn_oneon_glow	47
dyn_outwave	48
dyn_pile	49
dyn_rat	50
dyn_skullglow	51
dyn_table	52	sub_shack_puff, sub_wood_splinter
dyn_walktalk	53	sub_shack_puff
dyn_wash_a	54
dyn_wash_b	55
dyn_wave	56
dyn_woodbridge	57	sub_shack_puff
fade_object	58	sub_debris
hat_object	64
melee_weapon	69	sub_coloured_glass, sub_debris, sub_rubble, sub_shack_puff, sub_wood_splinter, wood_splinter_bit
overhead_weapon	74	sub_debris, sub_detergent, sub_paint_splat, sub_rubble, sub_shack_puff, sub_spark_effect, sub_wood_splinter
pickup_item	152
powerup_item	154	sub_glint, sub_powerup_glow
float_item	155
rotating_object	157
simple_object	159	sub_rubble
sub_objective_column	222
sub_oil_reflect	224
sub_sliding_door	240
sub_swinging_door	249
sub_swinging_obj	250
thrown_weapon	266	sub_coloured_glass, sub_debris, sub_detergent, sub_rubble, sub_shack_puff, sub_wood_splinter

light

22 entries.

Name	Index
gun_light_flash	63
multi_strobe	72
on_off_light	73
small_light	160
spark_light_flash	162
strobe	165
strober	166
sub_blight	170
sub_explosion_light	192
sub_fire_light	196
sub_fire2_light	199
sub_firetruck_light	203
sub_ghost_light	209
sub_lava_light	215
sub_molotv_light	217
sub_moving_light	218
sub_neon_light	220
sub_neon_light2	221
sub_police_light	231
sub_tv_light	255
subway_light	259
subway_spark_light_flash	262

Sources and evidence

Evidence levels used: confirmed-code, speculative.

• SLUS_212.15, script type table 0x00512f28

Fields

Field	Type	Hand-written	Meaning
name	str		The type name SpawnParticle (or CfgObj's class, for an object behaviour) takes.
index	int		Position in the script type table (0x00512f28, 270 records of 20 bytes).
kind	str		From the record's flags: particle system, object behaviour, light or glass.
flags	hex		The record's flags word (0x10 particle, 0x08 object, 0x04 light, 0x400 glass).
init	hex		The type's initialiser (first code pointer of the record).
sheet	str		The sprite sheet its sprite comes from, where traced.
rect	int		The first rectangle of that sheet it draws, where traced.
size	list		That rectangle's size in texels {w, h}, read from the disc.
spawns	list		Other types its code spawns by name (inferred).
calls	int		SpawnParticle calls that name it.
scripts	list		The scripts that spawn it (at most six).
meaning	str	yes	What it is, in our words.
image	str		A thumbnail, a path below docs/references/images/ (characters/warr_re_cv.png); set by extract from the files present.
source	str	yes	Where the entry comes from: a script and binding, an address, a chunk.
evidence	str	yes	How we know: confirmed-code, confirmed-runtime, inferred or speculative (evidence levels).
notes	str	yes	Our own short notes.